Top News Headlines of 07 February 2010

The reader is right. The title to the subject in The Hindu dated February 1 would require correction in that the aggregate deduction under Sec. 80C and the contributions to annuity plans or pension funds under Sec. 80CCC or Sec. 80CCD should not exceed Rs. 1 lakh.

A special Chinese envoy held discussions with North Korean officials on Sunday, state media reported, amid international efforts to persuade the North to rejoin nuclear disarmament talks.

As sugar prices rise, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar’s NCP on Sunday offered a recipe — consume less of the sweetener as “no one dies due to not eating sugar“.

The launch of Agni-III, the missile with the longest range in India’s arsenal, from the Wheeler Island off Orissa on Sunday was a complete success.

A suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militant was arrested in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Sunday, a senior police officer said.